The Merthyr Telegraph and General Advertiser for the Iron Districts of South Wales

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ENGLYN. Marwolaeth Mr THOMAS EDMUNDS, Castle Wiie Vaults, Aberdare. Yn wir, fe gwynir, ganwaith—am dauoch Y dinam gydymaith, Ochneidio, wylo, eilwaith, Rydd y lie, a g-uddiau llaith. HOWEL WILLIAMS. Pantygerdinen, Hydref 25ain, 1873.

BIRTHS. On the 18th ult., the wife of Mr W. S. Williams G.W.R. Station, Merthyr, of a son. On the 23rd ult., at Enfield, the wife of Mr Percival Hart, and daughter of Mr W. Williams, G.W H Station, Merthyr, of a. son. DEATH. On the 30th ult., at Lower Thomas-street, Merthyr Mr William Lamb, draper, aged 24. Much respected:

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ABEEDAKH INTELLIGENCE- AN ENGINEER'S PROMOTION.—Mr John EVANS, (-. >u of the late Mr Evan Evans, of Llwydcoed, and brother of Mr Evans, deputy-manager at Rhymney), who was for many years the chief engineer of the ironclad Ish- lalie, under the Turkish Government, has recently been promoted to the post of chief superintendent of the arsenal at Rutschuck, in addition to which he has con- sented to accept the responsible duties of chief engi- neer of the river Danube. Mr John Evaus is a native of this town, and is favourably known to many of its inhabitants, who wi!t, no doubt, rejoice to hear that a foreign power has rewarded his exertions en their behalf in a substantial manner. He acquired his primary knowledge of engineering at the Abernant Ironworks.

ABERDARK POLICE COURT. TUESDAY.— {Before A. De Ruizen, R. H. Rhys, and D, E. Williams, Esqis.) DRUNKARDS.—Isaac Hall, haulier, found drunk and incapable in Cardiff-road, Aberaman, on the 1st inst., by P.C- Gambling, was fined 5s and the costs.—Joseph Johnson, collier, charged by P.C. James with drunken and riotous conduct in Commercial-street, Aberdare, on the same day, was fined 15s and the costs, or 14 daYi' hard labour in the alternative.— Ebenezer Powell, haulier, arrested by P.C. Cox in the same street the same night upon a similar charge, was similarly dealt with as also were Charles Montague Castleworth, plumber, and David Miles, collier, found by P.S. Cook, drunk and fighting together in Lewis-street, Aberaman, the same night; George Maggs, collier, arrested upon a similar charge by P.C. Gambling, in Cardiff-road, Aber- aman, about the same time, and Morgan Williams, mason, proved by P.C. Cox to have been guilty of similar conduct in Cardiff-street, Aberdare, (In the 2nd inst.—David Griffiths, collier, who had disobeyed the summons previously issued, was brought up under war- rant, charged with having been found drunk and incap- able in Cardiff-road, Aberaman, 011 the 7th December last. P.C. Melliuish gave evidence, and a fine of 108 and the costs was inflicted. — Richard Watkins, labourer, summoned at the instance of P.S. Johns, for drunken and riotous conduct in Gadlys Tramroad, Trecynon, on the 25th ult.. was fined 1.)8 and the cos: s. and committed to gaol for 14 days with hard labour in default of pay. ment.—Frank Hughes, ahobbler. found by P.C. Davies lying drunk and incapable in Glo'ster-street, on the 26th ult., was fined 5s and the costs—Lewis Morgan, collier, summoned by P.C. Whitney for drunken and riotous conduct in Fforchaman-ro;„d, Cwma. a, on the 27th ult., was fined los and the costs.—Thomas Williams, collier, charged by P. C. Poyntz with a similar offence in High-street, Hirwain, on the 26th ult., was similarly dealt with, as were also Thomas Evans and William Jones, colliers, proved by the same officer to hare been guilty of a similar offence in the same street, on the 27th ult., and John Williams, another collier, found by the same constable the same night in Cross-street, Hir- wain, in a similar frame of mind.—John Davies, car. penter. summoned at the instance of P.S. Cook, for drunken and riotous conduct in Lewis-street, Aberaman, on the 19th ult., was fined 10s and the costs, or seven days' hard labour in the alternative. REFUSING TO QUIT.—Jeremiah Lambert, labourer, and Patrick Morrison, tipper, were summoned for having been drunk upon the );, li eg of the Allen's Arms Inn, Mountain Ash, and re u 19 to quit the same when re- quested so to do. —Mr Evan Evans the landlord, stated that both defendants came to his house on the 20th ult. drunk. They demanded beer, but witness seeing the state they were in refused to supply them with any, and asked them to leave. Both refused compliance, and eventually they managed to get up a fight witk some of the other customers.—P.C. Emanuel who was sent for, proved going to the Allen's Arms and finding Morrison there under the influence of drink, and very abusive in his manner. Lambert had then left and Morrison then I went away directly witness requested him.—P.C. Ford proved seeing Lambert coming staggering drunk from the Allen's Arms upon this occasion.—Morrison now admitted the charge. Lambert, however, made a strong denial of it, contending that he was perfectly sober, and that the parties who were in the Allen's Arms when he entered it had taken the initiative in the fighting busi- ness.—The Bench considered the ca. e proved, and fined each defendant 21 and the costs.. Ann Thomas, married, was charged with a similar offence.—Mrs Hannah James, landlady of the Freemason's Tavern, Wind-street, stated that between nine and ten o'clock the previous evening, defendant came to her house drunk and asked for her (defendant's) husband. The latter accompanied her home as witness thought, but shortly afterwards defendant returned demanded beer, and because it was refused her, called Mrs James all sorts of bad names.—From the observations made by Mrs Thomas to-day, and other circumstances, it ap- peared that this transaction savoured more of a per- sonal quarrel (at the bottom of which lurked a good deal of jealousy) than a wilful breach of the law. Defendant was therefore discharged, but the Bench at the same time strongly advised her not to repeat the thing. William Williams, engineer, was summoned to answer a similar charge. It appeared from the evi- dence of the laudlady of the Cwmneol Inn, coupled with that of P.C. Whitney, that this defendant had en- tered the Inn on the 24th ult. in a drunken state. There happened to be a party inside, with whom defendant appeared to have had a previous quarrel. Both men lost no time in renewing it, and at last got scuffling to- gether. P.C. Whitney, who was sent for, was obliged to use force in getting the defendant to leave.-The Bench could see no difference between this case and the one first disposed of. The fine, therefore, would be the same, viz., .£1 and the costs.David Walters, boiler- maker, was summoned for refusing to quit the Glancy- non Inn, Mountain Ash, when requested so to do by Mr David Bowen, the landlord, on the 18th ult. De- fendant did not appear, and it transpired that he had left the neighbourhood since the issue of the summons. P.C. Emanuel and Mr Bowen, the landlord of the house, gave evidence, after hearing which the Bench ordered a warrant to be issued for the man's apprehension. OBSTRUCTING THE HIGHWAY.—David Jones, collier, was summoned for this otfence.-p.c. Ford proved see- ing the defendant in Commercial-street, Mountain Ash, on the 27th ult., at five p.m., surrounded by a crowd which obstructed all the traffic, fighting with a man named Brian, who had since absconded.—Defendant assured the Bench that Brian was the aggressor in this instance. Fined 2s Od and the costs, or seven days' hard labour in the alternative. He found the money at once. ASSAULTS.—Edward Evans, collier was summoned for having assaulted William Price, the landlord of the Crown and Anchor Beerhouse, at Aberaman, on the 26tii ult. Mr Simons defended. It appeared that a grudge of some standing existed between these parties. The Bench, after hearing complainant and two witnesses, said there was nothing to shew how the row began be- tween the parties. It was evidently an absurd affair altogether. The summons was therefore dismissed. Rachel Hughes, i married, was summoned for having assaulted a Mrs Christmas Evans, at Cwmbach, on the 27th ult. Mr Beddoe appeared for the defence. The evidence went to show that the parties had had a regular battle royal upon this occasion, and all WP.s owing to the fact that complainant had lifted a trap door belonging to defendant for the purpose of recovering a penny, which the son of the former had, inadvertently, dropped into it. Both women were parted after a regular set to by a number of bye-Zanders, who thought that each had had enough of it. Neither side had any witnesses to call. Mr Beddoe having addressed the Bench for the defence, their Worships thought that Mrs Evans's story was a perfectly consistent one an assault, trivial though it may be, had been proved against the defendant, who would therefore have to pay a fine of 2s 6d and the co::ts.

FOTHERGILL AND IIANKEY V. ROWLANDS. COURT OF CHANCERY.—TUESDAY.— (Before the Master of the Rolls.) This case came befo e .ie court on demurrers by three of the defendants. The .ill was filed by Mr Fothergill, M.P., and Mr Hankey, of the Aberdare and Taff Vale Ironworks, in Glamorganshire, to obtain specific per- formance of an alleged agreement for the supply of coal 0 by the defendant Rowland from his Newbridge Celliery. It was alleged that for some time the defendant worked one seam only of the colliery in question but that, de- siring further to_develope it, entered into an agreement in December, 1871, with the plaintiffs. By that agree- ment the plaintiffs stated that Rowland agreed to sell to them the whole of the get of coal from the original No. 3 seam, at 6s per ton. for five years. The considera- tion for this concession was to be an advance by the plaintiffs, and the use of their influence te obtain a rail- way siding for the colliery. It was also stated that there was a subsequent agreement, by which the old Forest Fach vein was to be included in the contract, with any other vein of coal that should be worked at the option of the plaintiffs. After January, 1872, coal advanced considerably in value the wages of colliers also being increased. In consequence thereof, plaintiffs alleged that the defendant asked for some concession in his favour, and that they then paid him an extra payment of one-third the contract price. It was not denied that 13s or 14s per ton could now be obtained by the defendant in the market for his coal but this fact was relied on as showing the valuable nature of the contract to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs now alleged that in breach of the contract the defendant had sold coal to other persons. Tney, therefore, sought a decree for specific performance, and that there was therefore no equity. In the course of the argument his Honour observed that it was agreed that there was a limit to the cases in which the court would ;nterfere. If it could not be shown by the plaintiffs' counsel that the case came within the limit, the court then asked what was the principle on which the court had acted in the cases within the limit, so that it might judge whether it could be extended. There appeared for the different defendants, in sup- port of the demurrer, Sir Richard Baggally, Q.C., and Mr Crossley Mr Fischer, Q.C., and Mr Freeling Mr Roxburgh, QC., and Gazdar. For the plaintiffs were Mr Fry, Q.C., and Mr A. G. Marten. The Master of the Rolls, in giving judgment on the demurrers, said he was of opinion that they must be allowed. If the coals had not been delivered, there was no power in the court to enforce their delivery, and compelling the defendant to raise them, the contract being one for the delivery of goods, and not for the sale of real estate, and any relief in the way of compensation must be obtained at law. No relief could be given in this case in equity. With regard to the costs, as it was undesirable to take the technical admission by the de- fendants of the facts as an admission, that would be binding upon them, the demurrers would be allowed, with the usual consequences.

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TREDEGAR INTELLIGENCE, ZOAR CHAPEL. — Special anniversary services were held on Sunday in this Chapel, when the Rev. B. Shankland, the newly appointed minister of this church, officiated. The chapel has recently been undergoing re- pairs, the interior of which also has been painted and decorated, the cost of which has been cleared away through the collections on Sunday. CATHOLIC CHAPEL, DUKESTOWN.—On Sunday morn- ing last the Right Rev. J. C. Hedley, Rishopof Ceasars- polis, held a confirmation service at this chapel, when a large number of young people and adults submitted to the rite. The attendance was very large on the occa- sion, it being the first time that the Bishop has visited the district for thispurpose. SHOCKING AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—A very shocking accident befel Joseph Clair, a labourer on the rail-bank at Tredegar Works, on Friday last. He and some others got on a truck which was being shunted, and in jumping down Clairlanded on one of the switch-handles, which entered his bowels to the length of seven inches, doing injury which proved fatal on the following day. —A coroner's inquest was held at the Greyhound, on Monday, before Mr Brewer, when a verdict of Acci- dental death was returned. Deceased was ~'n his 20th year. ■» RHYMNEY INTELLIGENCE. CONFIRMATION.—On Sunday morning confirmation services were held In St. John's Catholie Chapel, when about 60 persons went through the ceremony. The officiating Bishop was the Right Rev. J. C. Hedley, Bishop of Caesaropolis, who delivered a suitable address. PRESENTATION. — The Rev. Asor Richards, curate of this place is about leaving, to undertake the office of Home Missionary in another parish. With the view of commemorating the occasion, on Friday night last, a tea meeting was held in the National school-room, where the rev. gentleman's friends attended, and attested their appreciation of his services. After the tea a meeting was held, under the presidency of the Rev. W. Evans, vicar, and several addresses were delivered by those present. Eventually the Rev. Mr Evans handed to Mr Laybourne a fine set of silver-plated Communion service, and a purse containing JE15, who subsequently transferred them to Mr Richards, as a testimonial of their esteem and regard towards him, in appreciation of his arduous labours amongst them for a term of seven years. Mr Laybourne, during the course of his address, took occasion to introduce the subject of education to those present, in which he earnestly impressed upon them the duty of insisting upon having religious in- struction connected with elementary education, and also strongly advocated the teaching of the Bible in day schools. PONTYPRIDD INTELLIGENCE. DESERVING PROMOTION.—P.C. Evan Jones, of this place has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. He has been here for many years as clerk in the Glamorgan Constabulary Office, and his general conduct and ability are ger erally considered to be well deserving such promotior. RHONDDA VALLEY INTELLIGENCE. A GANG OF BLACKGUARDS.—On Monday (before Mr Gwilym Williams), Thomas Herbert, Edward Davies, Aaron Meredith, of Ystrad, were charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance, challenging to fight on the highway, near the Bailey's Arms. Mr Phillips, Aberdare, (defended.—P.C. Reyland said that soon after 11 o'clock on the night in question, the defendants were in the centre of a large crowd near the above public- house, and offering to figktsome that were in the crowd. Upon requesting them to go home, Herbert told him he had better leave them alone, or that he would catch it. The crowd then dispersed, but defendants went into a field and flung stones at him and P.C. Cox. The defen- dants then went over to Ton, and called at the New Inn, demanding whiskey, but it was refused by the landlord. In cross-examination the constable said first of all that he did not know with whom defendants were quarrelling, but afterwards said it was with a man named Cappel, and in answer to Mr Phillips as to his reason for denying that he knew with whom, said that it was because that he did not choose to do so".—P.C. Cox said that there were several young men in the field when the stones were thrown besides defendants. He also said that it was the landlord of the New Inn who had informed them the defendants asked for whiskey. -For the defence, Coleman and Davies denied having thrown stones at the constables.—There was another charge against defendants of the same nature, which took place on the following Wednesday. They bad gone up to another man, in the presence of the con- stables, and challenged him to tight. Coleman received a good character from Sergeant Nott, and it was stated that he left immediately when asked.—His Worship re- marked that it was a pity to find a young man of good character in 'such bad company. Each of the defen- dants was fined 10s and costs, except Coleman, who was fined 5s and costs. MOUNTAIN ASH. LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH.—The fortnightly meeting of this Board was held on Monday, under tne presidency of Mr G. Wilkinson.-Mr Daniel James, in accordance with notice, brought forth his motion for the Board to borrow a certain sum of money on interest, in order to set the town in a thoroughly good sanitary condition. Mr James produced an estimate of the approximate cost of the propoposed improvements, viz., £5,000. As the estimated cost of the improvements had been roughly got up, several members objected to pledge themselves to a scheme, whilst others objected to the scheme in toto. On the motion of the Rev. J. W. Williams, the surveyor was requested to furnish an estimate by the next Board meeting, of the outlay likely te be incurred in carrying out the improvements. Mr Thomas Edwards proposed that the more thoroughly lighting of the streets with gas be also considered in the estimate. The resolution, with Mr Edwards's amend- ment, was agreed to. On the motion of Mr James, tke clerk was requested to write once more to the County Roads Committee, with the view of transferring one mile of the county road,from the Duffryn schools down, to the Board and the amount per annum which the committee would allow the Board for keeping that por- tion of the road in repair. —The Duffryn footpath was adopted by the Board, and notices were ordered to be posted up, warning people against taking horses over the path.-The Rev. J. W. Williams moved the follow- ing vote of sympathy with Mrs Williams, of Cefnpen- aar, on the death of her husband-" That this Board expresses its deep sympathy with Mrs Rees Williams, of Cefnpennar, and family in their present bereavement, caused by the decease of Mr Rees Williams, Cefnpennar, for many years a member of this Board, who, by his in- telligence and interest, contributed greatly to the effi- ciency of the sanitary administration in this town."— This was all the business of public interest. BEAUFORT. RUMORED SUSPENSION OF THE BEAUFORT IRON- WORKS -The chief topic of conversation throughout the district of Brynmawr is the rumour, which has ob- tained general currency, that the Beaufort Ironworks are to be stopped in a month's time from this date. Various are the surmises as to the reason why the Nantyglo and Blaina Company should adopt this measure. Some assert that, ia consequence of the high price of coal,the company find iron-making unprofitable. At all events, all contractors in connection with the iron- making depart menta at Beaufort have recived notices that their coatfacts will cease at the expiration of this month. The workmen also have received a like intima- tion as regards their services. This will deprive a large number of hands of their employment, and probably check the commercial and general prosperity of the neighbourhood. The coal and mine works will, how- ever, continue in active operation. This change may prove somewhat beneficial to the country at large, for it is supposed that the Nantyglo Company will, after this, be in a position to furnish the country coal market with no less than one thousand tons per day. For- tunately, the iron-workers at Beaufort are far less numerous than the colliers and miners, so that the great majority of the Beaufort workmen will not suffer by this change.

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ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. ADDRESSED TO THE BDITOB. The Editor is not responsible for the opinions ef his Correspondents. A CORRECTION. SIR,—Please to correct the statement in yout report of the last meeting of the Board of Health, by which I am made to say that the four pits w hich Mr Fothergill intends sinking in the Bargoed Valley would lead to on outlay of £800,000. I referred to the pits now being sunk in that valley, and about to be sunk there by the several lessees of the minerals in the whole valley, and said this outlay would probably reach £ 800,000. I re- ferred to the deep pits now being sunk by Messrs. Harris, and those about to be sunk by the Dowlais Iron Company the Cyfarthfa Iron Company the Plymouth Iron Company, and Messrs. Nixon.—Yours obediently, Merthyr, Nov. 4th, 1873. WM. SIMONS.

GELLYGAER SCHOOL BOARD. SIR,—The end of the first term of the above Board is fast approaching, and the time to review the past con- duct of its members has arrived. The election of the first Board was a compromise between Church and Dis- sent, when the parties agreed that Nonconformists should nominate four out of the seven, and the Church three members. The majority were therefore Noncon- formists. But the enquiry will now be how, and in what way, have the Nonconformist representatives voted on vital questions which involved principles? Have they honestly and fairly carried out the views of their constituents? And in which way, pro or con, have they voted in reference to the obnoxious 25th clause ? And have they not, or some of them, betrayed the fundamental principles of Dissent in their advoca- ting giving religious instruction in rate-aided schools ? Have any of them made an attempt to force Popish or semi-Popish school teachers to be teachers in the School Board Schools, under pretence of having the best teachers appointed, irrespective of sects or creeds ? And in what way have the Nonconformist members treated the opinion of Nonconformist ratepayers of the parish when they made known to the Board in reference to the Gellygaer Charities?" The above questions, by your kind permission, Mr Editor, I shall endeavour to answer fully that my co-ratepayers will be in a better position to judge whether the past conduct of the mem- bers deserves the renewal of their confidence. 1 shall also call attention to the conduct of the Church mem- bers, excepting the chairman, in their obstructive policy and continuous endeavours to nullify the work of the Board in the efforts of several of its members to establish free and unsectarian schools in the parish. The proceedings in connection with the Newtown schools will also be made bare to the public. Yours truly, A RATEPAYER.

THE STKUGGLE FOR NATIONAL EDUCATION. We have extracted the following from a very able article in the Fortnightly Review, of September, on the subject of National Education, written by Mr John Morley, the editor. The whole article is well worthy of perusal, the question being discussed with an ability and fairness which must tend greatly to advance the principle of every intelligent and conscientious Noncon- formist, that the State has no right to patronize, by the application of national funds, any form of re!;gion in State-supported schools:— "There is a profound saying that if you would improve a man, it is well to let him suppose that you already believe him such as you would have him to be. This is even more true of a nation than it is of an individual. To insist that the clergy are the only body who can be trusted with the control of education, even if it be not a calumny on English patriotism, as I for one am con- vinced that it is, still implies a deep misapprehension of the way in which new public interests may be excited, and of the degree in which people accustomed to self- government is capable of responding to a new demand. Unhappily this misapprehension seized the very ministers who had come into power on a tide of national enthusiasm of which the main force was derived from hopes of a great measure of national education. In- stead of preparing the way for the ecclesiastical changes which they must know sooner or later to be inevitable, they could think of nothing more hopeful than a law for re-invigorating the State Church in functions which are not proper to it, and discouraging to a correspond- ing degree the willingness of the better part of the laity to undertake functions which can never be justly and efficiently discharged on any other terms. It is not merely a decaying order of ideas that the ministers of the State Church exist to advocate. They represent the forces of social, no less than of intellec- tual, reaction. There would be no great harm in this, perhaps, were it not that their assumption of the civili- sing offices is taken to discharge laymen from the active performance of social duty. This is no discredit to the clergy. On the contrary, it is to their credit, though it is to the discredit of the laity and the great detriment of the community that this care for the poor in country districts, alike in education and in other matters, is thus delegated to the priestly order. It has often been said that the Church of England is a democratic institu- tion—apparently for no better reason than that curates sometimes marry into good families. We have now an opportunity of seeing how much the priestly order cares for the poor common people. The first current of a strange social agitation is passing over the land. At last after generations of profound torpor, our eyes dis- cern slow stirrings among the serfs of the field. The uncouth Caryatides who have for generations upbome the immense structure of civilization in which they have no lot, have at length made a sign. The huge dumb figure has tiied to shift a little from a position of in- sufferable woe. Little may come of it. The current may soon spend itself; the monstrous burden soon settle pitilessly down again on the heavy unconquerable shoulders. The many are so weak, the few are so strong the conditions of social organization shut effort so fas^ 'within an iron circle. However this may be, the attempt is being made by a company of poor men to win a few pence more for the week's toil, to raise the mere material conditions of life for their wives and their children a little further away from the level of the lives of brute beasts. What sympathy, or counsel, or help or word of God-speed, or word of compassionate warning have they had from the men who pretend te be spiritually descended in line of apostolic succession from the chosen companions and followers of the divine incarnation of human pity ? What comment have we had in this simple crisis on the sacred text that the peacemakers are blessed ? Such men as Bishop Ellicott and the two magistrates of Chipping Norton may tell us, and they are presumably not any more brutal or cruel than other Anglican feeders of Christ's sheep. And the labourers themselves te'l us every week, how keenly they are alive to the angry enmity of the clergy, and how eternally they will resent it. Their phrases are harsh, rough, inelegant; they have at least the eloquence of a bitter sincerity there is much excuse for men brutalized by adversity, ignorance, and hard usacre there is none for men brutalized by prospenty and.0comfortable living. In short, the national Church has once more shown itself not the Church of the nation, but the Church of a class not the benign coun- sellor and helpful protectress of the poor, but the mean serving-maid of the rich. She is as inveterate a foe to a new social hope as we know her to be to a new scientific truth. To sum up this part of the subject. First, the pre- tensions of the State Church in the face of Dissent are the bane of spiritual and intellectual life in England. How can religion be a truly civilizing force in a society, while one-half of its preaohers are incessantly struggling for social mastery over the other half, and, like the late Dr Wilberforce, denouncing Dissent as a co-equal cause with beer-houses in producing rural immorality ? These pretensions are ratified and confirmed by the working of the Education Act. Second, some of the strongest tendencies of tbs age are stimulating ecclesias- ticism. and inflaming its ardour, and drawing it further apart from the really vital elements of national life. Thus, in tine, the present educational policy divorces machinery from force. The nation can only be effici- ently instructed through the agency of men who have faith in intelligence, and ample hope of social improve- ment. The Anglican clergy have, as a body, shown themselves to be without either one or the other. Like every other corporation representing great privileged sects, they identify all their aspiration and all their effort with the extension and confirmation of sectarian supremacy. All that they understand by higher na- tional life is a more undisputed ecclesiastical authority. If Liberalism means anything at all beyond a budget of sounding phrases, such ideas are thoroughly retrograde. and any policy that countenances them is a policy of retrogression, or in other words the very clinax of im- policy. True statesmanship lies in right discernment of the progressive forces of a given society, in strenuous development of them, and in courageous reliance upon them. Even a sensible bishop might smile in his lawn sleeves, if he heard of the clergy of the Church of England being the depositories of the progressive forces °f So'much'for the general expediency of present policy in view of future national growth. We may pass on to consider what is called the religious difficulty in a more snecial sense. The nation, it is contended, has shown in a hundred different ways its invincible hostility to any tiling like the exclusion of religious instruction from the schools It is wholly alien from all our established traditions of government to attempt to force any system upon the country which the country itself does not willingly accept. Any departure from these traditions would be exceptionally impolitic in a matter so delicate as the education of the children of the poor. If you are goino- to interfere with all the weight of State authority to compel the parent to send his child to school, in most cases at a certain immediate sacrifice to himself, you will at least do well not to add to the enormous diffi- culties of your undertaking by provoking the religious conscience of the parent into the bargain. To set up a secular school system would be doing the utmost violence to his religious conscience, and you would never be able to work it, even if it were proved expe- dient on theoretical grounds to give the young an edu. cation from which religion should be omitted.' Let us notice in passing that this forcible plea for the relief of the parental conscience, this tender anxiety for religious rights, is most vehemently urged by the party that has for a whole generation opposed a Conscience Clause with might and main, and the trust-deeds of whose schools in nearly every case contained a funda- mental rule that all the children should be compelled to attend the Anglican Church and the Anglican Sunday School. This solemn warning to us to revere the parent's religious scruple is prodigiously touching on the lips of the men who for half a century forced the chil- dren of Dissenters to come to services and Sunday- school instruction which the parents abhorred, or el.e refused to admit them to the only seculac instruction 1 that was within their reach. What, you wish to rob the parent of the right to choose his child's religious teaching !"—this from the men who for fifty years, in conformity with the trust-deeds of their schools, and the rules of the great National Society, systematically robbed the Dissenting parent of the right of taking his child to his own placs of worship, or his own Sunday school! "The plea, however, may be worth something, though urged in a false spirit by men whose whole tradition is an arrogant repudiation of it. The answer to it is so simple, so obvious, and has been so constantly kept before the public, that one is half ashamed of again re- producing such trite matter. Only in the struggle with a huge vested interest, strong by its privileges and in- veterate in its prejudices, a politician is forced, in spite of literary fastidiousness, to keep stating and re-stating with indefatigable iteration an elementary principle of justice, and a mere rudiment of political prudence. Parents have an inalienable right to choose the kind of religious instruction which tndr children shall receive. No one disputes that. Our simple contention is that along with this right of choosing their religious instruc- tion, goes the duty of paying for it. If 1 say to the parent, "Your child shall not be allowed to receive in- struction in Catholic doctrine, or in Baptist doctrine," I am a tyrant. If the parent should say to me. I in. sist that you shall pay for instructing my child in doctrines which you do not accept," then it is he who is the tyrant. Yet nothing less than this is involved in the present educational system. We are teaching the religion of some with money raised by taxation of all. Every man, as has been said, pays for the religion of everybody else—the bad principle which we all supposed to have been permanently abandoned by English states- men when church-rates disappeared, until Mr Gladstone and Mr Forster revived it. Writers for the newspapers, who have not always time to think about the terms they use, have the face to insist that we are for de- priving the majority of the community of the right of giving their children a religious education. What we really seek is to deprive the majority of the right of making the minority to pay for giving this religious education to other people's children. No one now has a word to say in favour of church-rates, yet the princi- ple of church-rates, and that of grants and local rates to denominational schools, are identical. The only differ- ence is that justice and reason have been brought to bear on one application of this principle and not on the other. "Few are the partizans of departed tyranny," said Burke, "and to be a Whig on the business of a hundred years ago is very consistent with every advantage of present servility. Retrospective wisdom and historical patriotism are things of wonderful con venience. —————-<-————— A SPANISH INSURGENT VESSEL SUNK. A strange accident has befallen one of the vessels of the Spanish insurgents. From a telegram sent from Alicante by a Daily Xeu-s correspondent, it seema that the vessels left Carthagena on Friday to levy contributions. Early on Saturday morning the Num- ancia, one of the ships of the expedition, suddenly stopped, and it was discovered that she had run into and sunk another of the ships, the Fernando el Cato- lico. Her Majesty's ship Hart picked up five of the crew. A Madrid telegram announces that the majority of the crew were drowned. The accident is attributed to the unskilful handling of the vessels, though one ac- count states that the Numancia fired into and sunk the Fernando el Catolico for refusing to obey signals. The departure of the Insurgent ships had caused great concern at Madrid, where it was fwired they would plunder some town on the coast. Meanwhile the Spanish fleet, under the command of the Minis- ter of Marine, has left Gibraltar for Carthagena. Later accounts from Valencia on the 19th state that the Intransigentes, accompanied by the English, French, and Italian ships, arrived there on Sunday morning, and sent on shore a demand for money and provisions, adding that they had come to see if Valencia would join the Carthagena movement,'and that they were most reluctant to bombard the town. Their demand has been refused, and active pre- parations were made on shore to prevent them from landing. Troops are arriving from Madrid. The Intransigentes threaten to capture the Spanish gunboat Lepanto, which is inside the harbour. They have already captured three Spanish merchantmen outside the harbour, one of them having on board English property. Admiral Yelverton has insisted on their giving ninety-six hours' notice before any bombardment. It is believed here that they will not land, but that they are only making their es- cape from Carthagena ts some French port, trying to collect money as they go. The Fernando el Catolico was sunk by running under the bows of the Numancia, her captain being onshore and her second officer being asleep. Admiral Yelverton has in- form ed General Contreras that if, in attempting to capture a Spanish gunboat before the four days' notice expires, .he fires upon her, the English, French, and Italian vessels will fire upon him. This step makes any attempt at landing improbable.

DISINFECTING THE SICK ROOM. Dr. Letheby, the Medical Officer of Health and the Public Analystj presided at the first meeting this session of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. In the course of a very interesting address, he said disinfecting the sick room and the articles contained in it was an important, but avowedly difficult matter, for the presence of the sick person and his attendants prevented the use of volatile or aerial disinfectants in such quantity as to be of undoubted servce. Clorine, for instance, or hypochlorous, sulphurous, or carbulic p acid vapours must be present in the atmosphere in the proportion of at least one part per 1,000 to be effec- tive, and in that proportion they were so irritating as to be irrespirable. While, therefore, the room was occupied by the living they must rely on other means of disinfectio and the immediatne destruc- tion of tainted articles. All articlesfof clothing, bed- ding, &c., should be boiled in water or plunged into boiling water betore they were taken from the room, and in addition to that they should be steeped in a solution of four fluid ounces of carbolic acid (Calvert's No. 5) to a gallon of water. All superfluous articles of furniture-as carpets, curtains, &c.—should be re- moved from the room early in the case, and free ventilation .and the utmost cleanliness should be al- ways practised. As regarded the use of aerial disinfec- tants, he was inclined to think that acid vapours were the most effective, such as chlorine or chloride of lime, or acetic acid, for those only were capable of destroy- ing the vitality of vaccine lymph, and, therefore, by in- ference, of other contagia. When, however, the room was vacated, disinfection of it might be practised with the most perfect success. All the articles contained in it should be spread out, so as to re- ceive the sulphurous acid fumes which were to be generated therein, and having closed the windows and stopped up as completely as possible every aperture and outlet from the room, measures should be taken for producing the needful quantity of sulphurous acid, which should not be less than 2 per cent. of the air of the apartment. Now, as a cubic foot of sulphurous acid was produced from 603 grains of burning sulphur, it was evident that every 100 cubic feet of space jwould require at least 1,206 grains, or about 2t ounces of sulphur for disinfection. To be certain of the results, however, it was advis- able to use the sulphur in slight excess,—say half an ounce for every ten cubic feet of space. The sulphur might be safely burnt in a shal. low earthenware saucer containing some live coals, which should be supported upon a pairIof tonge laid across a pail of water. After a period of six ot eight hours the room might be opened for ventilation and the several articles be spread out for an 'airing-, or taken to the disinfecting chambers for still greater safety. The floor and painted parts of the room should be then thoroughly cleansed, and the ceiling treated with lime-wash. Infected clothing and bed ding should be subjected to a further process of dia- infection in the chambers provided by the local au- thorities for that purpose.

FAREWELlToF DR. HAROLD BROWNE. The interest manifested in the Ely Cathedral Festi- val has continued unabated throughout the past week, and it is confidently asserted that Ely has never had so many visitors. The approaching departure of the Bishop, Dr. Harold Browne, for his new see of Win- chester, has lent additional importance to his meeting with the assembled clergy of the diocese. On Friday he delivered an address which was practically his fare- well, and summed up the work he had tried to do, exhorting them to unity. I have tried," he said, to stimulate zeal, deeply conacious of my own sina and Imperfections. As you know, I have done all I could to commend to you, both clergy and laity, the duty and blessing of improving the Christin edu- cation of the young. I have encouraged women's work, establishing Deaconesses in Bedford and elsewhere in the diocese, and counsel!ed the em- ployment of mission women and other such labourers in parishes. Above all, I have had it at heart to pro* mote greater unity and to break down that isolation, that wall of separation, which divides one clergyman from another, and tie clergy in general from the laity of the Church." Yesterday morning the Bishop preached his farewell sermon as Bishop of the diocese. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishops of Lincoln, Peterborough, and Chester were present. In the afternoon Canon Kingsley preached, and in the evening the Bishop of Peterborough. The amount spent up to the present time upon the restoration 01 the Cathedral is ±,'00,000. 1 — "j,3

FATHER O'KEEFFE AND MR. BOITVERIE.-— The O'Keeffe Fund Committee, dating from Farrar's- buildings, Temple, send us the following reply to their application to Mr. Bouverie to aid their appeal in support of Mr. O'Keeffe. Feeling, they say, that Mr. Bou- verie's words present this appeal in connection'with recent events in the most forcible way, the Committea inform us they have sought and obtained his permis- sion to submit his letter to us for publication :—"In- vergarry, Oct. 12. My dear Sir,-Your letter haa reached me here this morning. The O'Keeffe affair seems to have blazed up again when I had thought it nearly extinct. What you propose to me conieti as a great relief to the perplexity under which I ha\ t2 been suffering for the last few days—namely, the desira to do something publicly to solicit assistance for and co-operation with Mr. O'Keeffe, and the inability to see clearly how I could efficiently set about it. I shall be glad to give JE10 towards the proposed fund, and also, if it is desired to be on the Committee. I* is a cruel thing to leave Mr. O 1\utile to struggle unassisted with the powerful enemies his independenca of spirit and his courage have aroused against him. The Commissioners seem determined to adhere to their i. (

Dr Dyke trusted the Board would make a condition that Mr Kent did not deposit entrails on the suiface of the tip. There hsul been an understanding that he should bury this refuse, but of late complaints had been made that it was exposed for sale. The required permission was granted for one month, on condition that no nuisance be caused to the public. THE PROPOSED BARGOED TAFF ROAD. The following report of the committee appointed at the adjourned meeting, on the 29th ult., to visit the locality of the proposed new road, near Cwmfelin, was read, the committee having gone over the ground on the 31st At a meeting of a committee of the whole Board to consider the propriety of making new roads for the Bargocd Taff Valley, in this parish, and in the parish of Gellygaer, held on the 31st October, present Messrs Martin, Jenkins, Harris, T. Williams, Daniel, Hosgood, Gabe, Howells, J. W. James, and Gould, the com- mittee proceeded to view the locality, and recommended that a new road be made at the expense of this Board from near the Black Brook toll gate, round by the new Colliery of H apis's Steam Navigation Company, at Twynygarreg, continuing by Cwmcotty-road, termina- ting at the parish roau at or near Twynywain, all within the district of the Board, provided the owners give the land for the road also, that negotiations be opened with the Highway Board for the parish of Gellygaer, with a view of making jointly a good road along the valley, from Cwmfelin to the road of this Board at Blaen Bargocd, provided the owners give the Ipnd for the road. It was also ordered that the projec- tion upon the footpath in High-street, Dowlais, nearly opposite Castle-street, be included in the application for a provisional order. The Surveyor intimated that as the landowners were understood to be willing to give up the land required for forming this road, it would be unnecessary to apply for a provisional order in this case, and, in fact, were it requisite there would not be sufficient time this yea- to specify the exact portions required. BUILDING AT DOWLAIS. A communication was read from Mr J. G. Llewellyn complaining bitterly of the treatment he had received at the hands of the Board in opposing his plans for build- ing. All sorts of obstructions and unnecessary difficul- ties had been thrown in his way. He had been com- pelled to lay out reads to isolated houses and streets where they were not required, and he was now called upon to construct a sewer which he had never contem- plated, and always understood, would be done by the Board. In consequence of this unlooked for expense, he could not proceed with the buildings as intended, and wished to withdraw his plan. The Surveyor, upon being called upon for an explana- tion, said that in the month of March, 1873, Mr Llewellyn deposited a plan at the office of the Board, and proposed to form two small new streets upon Ivor Tip for the purpose of making the whole tip into build- ing ground. He (the surveyor) then stated to Mr Llewellyn that of course if the land was to be converted into building land, sewers must be provided for the houses, but he entirely disputed Mr Llewellyn's asser- tion that there was any undertaking on the part of the Board to make sewers. In fact, it would be extremely improper and imprudent on the part of the Board to lay out, say from JE50 to B60 on sewers for the purpose of converting the bare tip into building land for the advan- tage of a private individual. This land had never con- tributed a penny towards the rates of the parish, and in all other cases of a similar nature, sewers had been made at the expense of the owners of property, and in fact land could not be called building land until the sewers were made. Mr Overton disputed this proposition. He could not see that land owners were called upon to make main sewers. The Surveyor said if that was the case anyone might build houses by Morlais Castle, and compel the Board to make sewers to them. Mr Thos. Williams said he had been compelled to do what Mr Llewellvn objected to. The Surveyor said all that the Board was called upon to do was to provide an outlet. In the present instance there was a main sewer within 80 feet of the nearest house. And Mr Llewellyn should be required to connect with this. The late Mr Rees Davies sent in a plan for 100 houses in the Plymouth Road and laid down a sys- tem of sewers at an expense of JE200, and until the sewers were properly made not a single house could be occupied. Dr Dyke said that as trustee of the Mardy Estate, he had been compelled to make sewers for William- street, and Mary-street. The Chairman said it was a rule of the Board. Mr Overton had denied in the case of Overton-street, but he disputed the liability of landowners to do it by compulsion. The Surveyor replied that the Act of Parliament said so. If streets were made without sewers the Board could compel the owner to make a sewer along the street. Mr Overton contended that the Board could not com- pel owners to make sewers to their houses unless the Board had a main within a certain distance. The Surveyor reported that in the present' instance there was a main within 80 feet of the nearest house. The Chairman then read the Act relating to the point at issue, which clearly laid down the liability of the landowner in this respect, and after some further re- marks, it was resolved that the rule must be adhered to in the present instance. THE PIG KILLING NUISANCE AGAIN. Mr R. K. Milligan, of the Bunch of Grapes Inn, waited upon the Board to complain of the insufferable nuisance caused by the pig killing operations carried on lust in front of his house, and under the windows of Board room. He said that he was sorry to have to com tdain, but really the stench was so abominable that he watT compelled to do so, for his own health and that of his fa^^y was suffering in consequence. A receptacle had been L>u^t for manure, into which blood and other refuse was p.'Ü, and the nuisance was simply unbearable. Besides this .'wo or three nights in every week there were from 20 or 30 to 60 pigs shut up there, and the noise they made co uipletely precluded any idea of sleep. He understood that the Board was about to close the Slaughter-house shortil* and if they would make an order that no more pig « should be shut up at night, he would try and bear with the rest of the abominations until the whole could be re moved. The Chairman said they really should put a stop to thi3 altogether. The must do Several members heartily ooncurre Daniel remarking that it was be -ter to ave p perty totally unproductive then have it a nuisance. It was understood that the Clerk had an understand- ing with Mr Judd, that the latter should give up the place at once upon being required to do so, and it was ordered that the requisite notice be given forthwith. MORE COMPLAIKTS. Mrs Lewis, another tenant of the Board, appeared to complain of the condition of the premises occupied by her. (The Canton House, adjoining the Board offices.) The water was coming in everywhere, and the place was a complete wreck. The Surveyor said the windows of this house were gone past repair, and if the Board wanted to do any- thing to the front they must put in new windows. An order was made to do what was necessary. Mr John Gabe suggested that tenders should be ad- vertised for. There was too much day work going on already. The Surveyor said he could get the work done cheaper than any builder would tender to do it. The Chairman Besides, it is impossible to get builders to send in tenders now-a-days. THE SURVEYOR'S SALARY. A commication was read from the C.'ckhowel' Rurfl Sanitary Authority, and another from Mr Bazil Jayne, Brynmawr, asking permission from the Board for Mr Harpur to assist in some sewage a.-angementswhich were in contemplation. Several members were of opinion that Mr Harpur was already so fully occupied that he could not be spared, besides these requisitions were continually com- ing from all parts. The Surveyor replied that they were not of his seek- ing. He was continually being asked to undertake work at different places, and always replied that his en- fagement with the Board precluded him from doing so. Ie had not hitherto done any outside work except by the sanction of the Board, but he thought the time had now arrived when the Board should, ;f possible, make aix-angements for blowing him to ca. j on a little private practice. He was spending the b t days of his Vfe and the whole of his time in the service of the Board for a salary which was very small compared with that received by other members of his profession in sim'lar situations elsewhere. The time had now come when he must ask the Board to allow him to prac- tice privately as well, and he would t ke care that the business of the Board would not suffer in consequence. The Chairman said it would become a question whether they would have to give Mr Harpur more salary for the purpose of keeping him altogether, or whether they would be content with a portion of his time. Mr Geo. Martin did not think the Board could spare any portion of Mr Harpur's time now. Mr Harpur said that his BUCC- sor at Derby had com- menced at a salary of JE250 a-year, and after four or five years had been allowed to take up private practice, ^-vhich now brought him in thiee or four times as much as J lis salary. The' Chairman said it was a question whether they would i3°t_have to keep Mr Harpur as a sort of con- sulting en,5iIieer» and have a good man to do the work. He must indmit that he had been for a hng time expecting something of this sort, for he was fully aware that others in A.Ly Harpur's position were paid far higher. It was an important question, and one which required consideration. After some further remarks, Mr W. L. Daniel moved that a committee be formed to consult with the Surveyor upon the subject. The following gentlemen were named on the com- mittee Messrs. W. Jones, Geo. Martin, T. H, Hos- good, John Gabe, and Thos. Williams. FAUI PRODUCE. The Chairman informed the Board that there was a large quantity of produce of all sorts on the farm, for which they could find no sale, and it would be spoiled unless some means were taken to consume it. The farm committee had therefore suggested the purchase of some cows, and asked that permission might be given for this at once, if it was considered advisable,as a large quantity of the work would be spoiled before the next meeting of the Board. Modt of the members had by this time left, and those who remained did not like to take upon themselves the respoubibility. The matter was therefore allowed to op. jeP0,rt of the Finance Committee having been nd adopted, the meeting separated,